VideoGTA Partnership Award 2009: vetEAST & MEGT
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GTA Partnership Award 2009: vetEAST & MEGT
A collaborative approach to Australian School-based Apprenticeships.
An eleven year partnership between MEGT and vetEast (seven Melbourne schools) has facilitated vocational pathways for more than 1000 students. As the 2009 winner of the GTA Partnership Award, this program is being recognised for its collaborative approach where shared resources and close cooperation amongst partners ensures a seamless service to both students and employers.
The partnership began in 1997 with a pilot Australian School-based Apprenticeship (ASbA) program to diversify the pathways offered to senior school students. The aim of the program is to increase
retention of students until successful completion of their senior secondary certificate and to provide a vocational pathway into the full-time workforce when students exit.
One of the great strengths of the program is the co-ordinated approach by the seven schools. Employing an executive officer enables them to provide a streamlined program to their students across
all the schools. The program is unique in that several of the schools in the cluster release students to be in the workplace for three days per week.
The role of the Group Training Organisation (MEGT) is to source employment for the ASbAs and provide monitoring and support throughout their qualification. MEGT and the vetEAST executive
officer operate as one unit. Together they manage student recruitment, orientation, the development of job seeking skills and securing employment. Once employed, the trainees are visited every
six weeks at work and twice a term at their RTO by both the vetEAST officer and the MEGT Field Officer. They also receive weekly school visits from the vetEAST officer. This level of monitoring
enables the development of close relationships with the students and the ability to identify and address concerns at a very early stage. More than 90% of the students who participate in the
MEGT/vetEAST ASbA program exit school to full-time employment.
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